Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Introduction: Russia Thrusts into the Global World 1
6. Part One: Fluid Citizenship
7. 1. The Unmaking of the Soviet Project 15
8. 2. Seeking Stability in a Fluid Russia 41
9. Part Two: Fluid Words
10. 3. Media Discourse in the 1990s 67
11. 4. Media Discourse under Putin 87
12. Part Three: Fluid Times
13. 5. From the Soviet Calendar to Russian Calendars 127
14. 6. Putin’s National Calendar 154
15. Epilogue: Fluid Russia: Lessons, Implications, and Prospects for the Future 177
16. Notes 189
17. Bibliography 221
18. Index 241